New Zepuha wrote:Anti-Smuggling Act
An act to secure our borders against blackmarket dealings and dangerous cartels.
| Author: Gloria deGroot [FCP] | Sponsors: Lukas Castillo [FCP], Nicolás Leguizamón [PT]|
Definitions:
smuggling - to move (goods) illegally into or out of a country and/or to convey (someone or something) somewhere secretly and illicitly.
Section 0. Preamble
This act is intent on making sure that recent legislation are actually enforceable and do not place undue burden upon the owners of illegal weapons so much as to punish the providers of these illegal weapons and secure our borders against the transport of particularly dangerous materials and hazardous wastes.
Section 1. General Smuggling
a) This act prohibits the import of any goods through any process which seeks to bypass procedures set out by the laws of this nation
b) Prohibits the export of goods that seek to bypass legal procedures of Calaverde and/or other nations
b) Declares that any smuggled goods may be seized by the government of Calaverde
Section 2. Smuggling of Human Beings
a) This act declares that the smuggling of human beings across international borders without their consent to be heinous and illegal
b) This act also prohibits the smuggling of human beings with their consent if they seek to bypass lawful procedures
Section 3. Trafficking of Illegal Goods or People
a) Prohibits the movement of illegal goods, materials, or people within the nation
b) Permits the police forces of Calaverde to impound any transportation device in which any smuggled materials are carried
i) Transportation devices impounded may be released by any sitting judge or after a non-guilty sentence is issued in any resulting criminal trial
ii) If no criminal trial proceeds after the impound of these transportation devices, they must be released after a period of 20 days
Section 4. Offenses
Trafficking - the movement of illegal goods, materials, or people within Calaverde. [This crime is punishable by a maximum of a fifteen(15) year prison sentence.]
Smuggling - the import of illegal goods, materials, or people with the intent to bypass legal procedures of import. [This crime is punishable by a maximum of ten(10) year prison sentence.]Act Against Graduated Electronic Decelerators
An act to prevent inhumane treatment of the mentally ill.
| Author: Gloria deGroot [FCP] | Sponsors: Lukas Castillo [FCP], Nicolás Leguizamón [PT]|
Definitions:
GED - graduated electronic decelerator, device used to send electric shocks to the skin
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) - is a procedure in which electric currents are passed through the brain, intentionally triggering a brief seizure.
Section 0. Preamble
This act is one meant to protect the mentally disturbed of this nation and many other from the harmful effects of Graduated Electronic Decelerators both psychically and mentally. It is worth noting that the UN has declared these devices to be in violation of basic human rights.
Section 1. Operative Clause
a) This act hereby bans all GEDs and require that any in use currently be immediately shut down and turned into a local government center where the police may collect them for disposal.
b) This act requires that the manufacture and sale of GEDs be hereby forbidden from the point of this bill becoming law onward.
c) This act classifies GEDs as torture devices.
Sub-Section A. Regulation of Electroconvulsive Therapy
a) Requires that before electroconvulsive therapy may occur, consent of a mentally capable guardian or patient must be given in written or recorded verbal form
b) Requires that the therapy must be administered by a licensed medical professional and monitored by at least one other medical staff member
c) Requires that all ECT treatments be recorded for legal record
Section 2. Offenses
Torture - anyone who knowingly inflicts severe pain on someone as a punishment or to force them to do or say something, or for the pleasure of the person inflicting the pain is guilty of the crime of Torture. [This crime is punishable by a maximum of a $50,000 fine and/or a ten(10) year prison sentence.]
Illegal Operation of a Graduated Electronic Decelerator - the knowing usage, sale, or manufacture of a GED. [This crime is punishable by a maximum of a $10,000 fine and/or a one(1) year prison sentence.]
Medical malpractice - professional negligence by act or omission by a health care provider in which the treatment provided falls below the accepted standard of practice in the medical community and causes injury or death to the patient. [This crime is punishable by a maximum of a $55,000 fine and/or a five(5) years prison sentence and the removal of medical license.]
For the first, include an exception for a person smuggling another for the purpose of the smugglee fleeing oppression, slavery, etc. or to apply for assylum and I will sponsor.
For the second, medical malpractice is typically covered by civil suits. If their negligence results in death, it would be a voluntary or involuntary manslaughter (based on the proposed criminal code, can't remember what it would be under Police Powers). If you can come up with a convincing argument for it, or strip it out, I will sponsor.
